On July 19-18, the Armenian town of Martuni will host "Lake Sevan" traditional international chess tournament. The 10 chess players participating in competitions are Arman Pashikyan, Tigran Kotanjyan, Avetik Grigoryan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Levon Babujyan (all from Armenia), Ferents Bechesh (Hungary), Li Chao (China), Sergey Zhigalko (Belarus), Igor Lysij (Russia) and Renat Djumbaev (Khazakstan).

The tournament will be round robin competitions consisting of 9 rounds.